1973 Nottinghamshire County Council election

1973 UK local government election March 2020 March 2020 1973 Nottinghamshire County Council election Nottinghamshire Parliamentary no yes 1970 Nottinghamshire County Council election 1970 1977 Nottinghamshire County Council election 1977 All 89 seats to Nottinghamshire County Council 45 12 April 1973 Labour Party (UK) 54 121,230 49.1% Conservative Party (UK) 35 113,977 46.1% Council control Council control after election Labour 39.4% 1973 Nottinghamshire County Council election.svg 250px Map of the results of the election in each division. Colours denote the winning party, as shown in the main table of results. The 1973 Nottinghamshire County Council election was held on Thursday, 12 April 1973. The election resulted in the Labour Party winning an overall majority of seats on the council.Election Results http://www.nottinghamshire.gov.uk/dms/Elections/tabid/71/ctl/ViewElectionResults/mid/399/ID/10/Default.aspx Nottinghamshire County Council 17 September 2016Nottinghamshire County Council Election Results 1973-2009 http://www.electionscentre.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Nottinghamshire-County.pdf Elections Centre 17 September 2016 The election was the first held for the new non-metropolitan county council of Nottinghamshire, created under the Local Government Act 1972 as part of the reorganisation of local government in England and Wales. The new council initially operated as a shadow authority before formally taking over on 1 April 1974 from the previous county council, which had been established under the Local Government Act 1888.Local Government Act 1972. 1972 c.70 The Stationery Office Ltd 0-10-547072-4 1997 The reorganisation brought the independent county borough of Nottingham into the administrative county of Nottinghamshire for the first time.F A Youngs Jr., Guide to the Local Administrative Units of England, Vol II: Northern England, London, 1991The English Non-metropolitan Districts (Definition) Order 1972 (SI 1972/2039) It later regained independent local government status in 1998, when it became a unitary authority.The Nottinghamshire (City of Nottingham) (Structural Change) Order 1996 http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1877/contents/made legislation.gov.uk 17 September 2016 Results by division Each electoral division returned either one, two or three county councillors. Ashfield Basford No. 4 (Selston) Basford No. 4 (Selston) Labour Party (UK) Beatrice Sharrard N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Hucknall East Hucknall East Labour Party (UK) Bernard Simms 2,362 71.5 Conservative Party (UK) J. Corden 940 28.5 3,302 39.8 8,291 Hucknall North Hucknall North Labour Party (UK) Phyllis Watson 2,757 55.3 Conservative Party (UK) C. Morley 2,227 44.7 4,984 44.0% 11,340 Kirkby in Ashfield East Kirkby in Ashfield East Labour Party (UK) Sylvia Booler N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Kirkby in Ashfield West Kirkby in Ashfield West Labour Party (UK) Edward Ashley N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Sutton in Ashfield East Sutton in Ashfield East Labour Party (UK) Arthur Bennett N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Sutton in Ashfield North Sutton in Ashfield North Labour Party (UK) Dick Anthony 1,114 62.8 Independent (politician) W. Wright 661 37.2 1,775 25.3 7,011 Sutton in Ashfield South Sutton in Ashfield South Labour Party (UK) Ewart Lincoln 1,521 71.2 Independent (politician) K. Holland 616 28.8 2,137 23.2 9,203 Sutton in Ashfield West Sutton in Ashfield West Labour Party (UK) Malcolm Lee 1,249 75.7 Independent (politician) W. Gascoyne 400 24.3 1,649 28.4 5,810 Bassetlaw East Retford Rural No. 1 (Tuxford) East Retford Rural No. 1 (Tuxford) Conservative Party (UK) Cecil Hempsall 1,805 65.5 Labour Party (UK) F. Byard 950 34.5 2,755 45.5 6,051 East Retford Rural No. 2 (Misterton) East Retford Rural No. 2 (Misterton) Conservative Party (UK) Fred Rudder 2,644 56.9 Labour Party (UK) R. Baddiley 2,004 43.1 4,648 46.6 9,982 Retford North Retford North Labour Party (UK) Ernest Davidson 1,413 54.5 Conservative Party (UK) I. Dixon 1,178 45.5 2,591 39.6 6,548 Retford South Retford South Labour Party (UK) Clifford Grove 1,500 52.9 Conservative Party (UK) R. Alexander 1,338 47.1 2,838 40.4 7,017 Worksop No. 1 (East) Worksop No. 1 (East) Labour Party (UK) Reginald Rabbitt 2,843 67.8 Conservative Party (UK) F. Toop 1,350 32.2 4,193 36.8 11,406 Worksop No. 2 (North) Worksop No. 2 (North) Labour Party (UK) Alfred Burton N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Worksop No. 3 (South) Worksop No. 3 (South) Labour Party (UK) Peter Miller 1,638 54.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Turner 1,387 45.9 3,025 37.9 7,990 Worksop Rural No. 1 (Blyth) Worksop Rural No. 1 (Blyth) Labour Party (UK) James Connolly 1,354 41.3 Independent (politician) C. Dodd 1,151 35.1 Conservative Party (UK) S. Brown 773 23.6 3,278 47.3 6,923 Worksop Rural No. 2 (Harworth) Worksop Rural No. 2 (Harworth) Labour Party (UK) Charles Stringer N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Broxtowe Basford No. 1 (Newthorpe) Basford No. 1 (Newthorpe) Conservative Party (UK) Caroline Minkley 2,656 50.4 Labour Party (UK) E. Carter 2,619 49.6 5,275 50.1 10,535 Basford No. 2 (Kimberley) Basford No. 2 (Kimberley) Labour Party (UK) Anthony Rutherford 2,139 59.5 Independent (politician) B. Clarke 1,457 40.5 3,596 48.2 7,453 Beeston & Stapleford (Bramcote) Beeston & Stapleford (Bramcote) Conservative Party (UK) Cyril Cooper 2,343 57.4 Labour Party (UK) T. Martin 1,737 42.6 4,080 50.1 8,149 Beeston & Stapleford (Chilwell) Beeston & Stapleford (Chilwell) Conservative Party (UK) Ray Hudson 2,408 54.1 Labour Party (UK) V. Bell 2,043 45.9 4,451 50.7 8,772 Beeston & Stapleford (Beeston North) Beeston & Stapleford (Beeston North) Conservative Party (UK) Robert Cox 1,784 54.7 Labour Party (UK) G. Watson 1,478 45.3 3,262 47.5 6,867 Beeston & Stapleford (Beeston South) Beeston & Stapleford (Beeston South) Labour Party (UK) David Orton 2,273 57.6 Conservative Party (UK) M. Wright 1,671 42.4 3,944 47.6 8,284 Beeston & Stapleford (Stapleford) Beeston & Stapleford (Stapleford) Labour Party (UK) William Plowman 2,421 59.4 Conservative Party (UK) F. Woodward 1,655 40.6 4,076 46.1 8,833 Beeston & Stapleford (Toton and Attenborough) Beeston & Stapleford (Toton and Attenborough) Conservative Party (UK) Gertrude Bottomley 1,914 60.2 Labour Party (UK) A. Kent 1,268 39.8 3,182 46.7 6,819 Eastwood Eastwood Labour Party (UK) Harry Walker 1,412 47.6 Conservative Party (UK) H. Elliott 878 29.6 Independent (politician) H. Roberts 678 22.8 2,968 37.8 7,852 Gedling Arnold East Arnold East Labour Party (UK) Ernest Lester 2,078 51.8 Conservative Party (UK) J. Clarke 1,932 48.2 4,010 45.3 8,851 Arnold South Arnold South Conservative Party (UK) James Lester 2,924 73.0 Labour Party (UK) T. Price 1,080 27.0 4,004 41.3 9,684 Arnold West Arnold West Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Griffin 1,853 55.1 Labour Party (UK) George Cornes 1,512 44.9 3,365 51.4 6,549 Basford No. 6 (Calverton) Basford No. 6 (Calverton) Conservative Party (UK) John Sheldon 3,424 54.4 Conservative Party (UK) George Ayton 3,283 52.2 Labour Party (UK) W. Crewe 2,943 46.8 Labour Party (UK) G. Reader 2,939 46.7 6,294 48.9 12,862 Carlton No. 1 Carlton No. 1 Conservative Party (UK) Alfred Roth 4,095 59.4 Conservative Party (UK) William Edwards 4,033 58.5 Labour Party (UK) H. Ball 2,908 42.2 Labour Party (UK) Fay Reilly 2,757 40.0 6,896 42.5 16,218 Carlton No. 2 Carlton No. 2 (2) Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Stanley 3,706 50.1 Conservative Party (UK) Daniel Shirt 3,705 Labour Party (UK) A. Palmer 3,701 49.9 Labour Party (UK) K. Fleet 3,358 Mansfield Mansfield No. 1 (East) Mansfield No. 1 (East) Labour Party (UK) Frank Warsop 1,220 62.5 Conservative Party (UK) T. Martin 669 34.3 Communist Party of Great Britain S. Hackett 63 3.2 1,952 33.8 5,782 Mansfield No. 2 (South East) Mansfield No. 2 (South East) Labour Party (UK) Gordon Foster 1,725 61.3 Conservative Party (UK) Patricia Caley 1,090 38.7 2,815 33.1 8,515 Mansfield No. 3 (South) Mansfield No. 3 (South) Conservative Party (UK) William Brown 2,200 58.3 Labour Party (UK) M. Morley 1,576 41.7 3,776 37.1 10,187 Mansfield No. 4 (North & North East) Mansfield No. 4 (North & North East) Labour Party (UK) William Morris 3,702 89.2 Labour Party (UK) M. Gallagher 3,632 Communist Party of Great Britain I. Hackett 447 10.8 7,781 42.6 18,279 Mansfield Woodhouse Mansfield Woodhouse Labour Party (UK) Frank Haynes N/A N/A N/A Labour Party (UK) Bertie WhitelawN/A N/A N/A Warsop Warsop Labour Party (UK) William Cairns N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Newark and Sherwood Balderton Balderton Conservative Party (UK) Robert Jenkins 1,829 51.5 Labour Party (UK) D. Essex 1,722 48.5 3,551 45.5 7,805 Collingham Collingham Conservative Party (UK) Edith Yates 1,504 78.9 Labour Party (UK) G. Davis 402 21.1 1,906 45.9 4,149 Newark No. 1 (South) Newark No. 1 (South) Labour Party (UK) John Moore 1,631 55.0 Conservative Party (UK) I. Smith 1,335 45.0 2,966 36.5 8,119 Newark No. 2 (North and East) Newark No. 2 (North and East) Labour Party (UK) Sean Woods 1,708 46.3 Conservative Party (UK) Vince Dobson 1,530 41.5 Liberal Party (UK) A. Boggie 450 12.2 3,688 38.3 9,627 Southwell No. 1 (Southwell) Southwell No. 1 (Southwell) Conservative Party (UK) Brendan Haigh 3,669 75.2 Labour Party (UK) P. Tempest 1,212 24.8 4,881 51.9 9,397 Southwell No. 2 (Norwell & Bilsthorpe) Southwell No. 2 (Norwell & Bilsthorpe) Conservative Party (UK) Peter Boddy 2,367 55.5 Labour Party (UK) H. Tuck 1,898 44.5 4,265 61.0 6,996 Southwell No. 3 (Ollerton) Southwell No. 3 (Ollerton) Labour Party (UK) Michael DeLacy 2,526 71.4 Conservative Party (UK) J. Methley 1,014 28.6 3,540 45.4 7,802 Southwell No. 4 (Blidworth) Southwell No. 4 (Blidworth) Labour Party (UK) Ernest Farr 3,062 64.1 Conservative Party (UK) J. Daniel 1,715 35.9 4,777 51.6 9,258 Southwell No. 5 (Rufford) Southwell No. 5 (Rufford) Labour Party (UK) Miriam Beardsley N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A City of Nottingham Nottingham No. 1 (Bridge & Trent) Nottingham No. 1 (Bridge & Trent) Labour Party (UK) G. Daft 3,793 61.0 Labour Party (UK) Joan Fennell 3,690 59.3 Labour Party (UK) Colin Worthington 3,552 57.1 Conservative Party (UK) F. Johnson 2,705 43.5 Conservative Party (UK) J. Pearson 2,495 40.1 Conservative Party (UK) D. Brooke 2,427 39.0 6,220 25.4 24,472 Nottingham No. 2 (Lenton) Nottingham No. 2 (Lenton) Labour Party (UK) Mairi Yuill 2,327 51.1 Conservative Party (UK) Brenda Borrett 2,320 50.9 Conservative Party (UK) Martin Suthers 2,238 49.1 Labour Party (UK) T. Arnold 2,223 48.8 4,554 33.5 13,614 Nottingham No. 3 (Manvers & St. Ann's) Nottingham No. 3 (Manvers & St. Ann's) Labour Party (UK) Frank Higgin 2,239 56.7 Labour Party (UK) John Carroll 2,202 55.7 Conservative Party (UK) S. Rushton 1,738 44.0 Conservative Party (UK) R. Rolling 1,724 43.6 3,951 33.9 11,648 Nottingham No. 4 (Market) Nottingham No. 4 (Market) Labour Party (UK) James Cattermole 1,147 59.5 Conservative Party (UK) H. Whitehead 782 40.5 1,929 27.7 6,966 Nottingham No. 5 (Byron & St. Albans) Nottingham No. 5 (Byron & St. Albans) Labour Party (UK) Ivy Matthews 5,891 77.2 Labour Party (UK) John Scoffings 5,011 65.6 Labour Party (UK) Richard Wilson 4,991 65.4 Conservative Party (UK) W. Smith 2,004 26.3 Conservative Party (UK) R. Tressider 1,864 24.4 Conservative Party (UK) J. Lymbury 1,693 22.2 Communist Party of Great Britain John Peck 1,450 19.0 7,634 28.0 27,240 Nottingham No. 6 (Forest & Mapperley) Nottingham No. 6 (Forest & Mapperley) Conservative Party (UK) Henry Fraser 4,579 55.7 Conservative Party (UK) Ernest Chambers 4,463 54.3 Conservative Party (UK) Eric Baker 4,113 50.1 Labour Party (UK) E. Bullingham 2,216 27.0 Labour Party (UK) J. Rowland 2,184 26.6 Labour Party (UK) H. James 2,154 26.2 Liberal Party (UK) M. Whittaker 1,796 21.9 Liberal Party (UK) D. Sales 1,606 19.5 Liberal Party (UK) E. Rowan 1,537 18.7 8,216 32.8 25,026 Nottingham No. 7 (Portland & Radford) Nottingham No. 7 (Portland & Radford) Labour Party (UK) Jess Burton 4,505 59.4 Labour Party (UK) Leonard Maynard 4,491 59.2 Labour Party (UK) Thomas Strickson 4,221 55.6 Conservative Party (UK) H. Markson 3,271 43.1 Conservative Party (UK) D. Poole 3,161 41.7 Conservative Party (UK) D. Woodroffe 3,107 41.0 7,585 32.6 23,283 Nottingham No. 8 (Abbey & University) Nottingham No. 8 (Abbey & University) Conservative Party (UK) Gordon Cragg 6,152 64.6 Conservative Party (UK) Madge Whittaker 6,105 64.1 Conservative Party (UK) Michael Spungin 6,081 63.8 Labour Party (UK) F. Dennett 3,632 38.1 Labour Party (UK) D. Bush 3,380 35.5 Labour Party (UK) B. Kirk 3,228 33.9 9,526 37.5 25,401 Nottingham No. 9 (Clifton) Nottingham No. 9 (Clifton) Labour Party (UK) George Dobson 3,264 87.9 Labour Party (UK) Samuel Gibbons 2,807 75.6 Conservative Party (UK) N. Hapgood 735 19.8 Conservative Party (UK) B. Kirsch 621 16.7 3,713 26.9 13,783 Nottingham No. 10 (Robin Hood & Broxtowe) Nottingham No. 10 (Robin Hood & Broxtowe) Labour Party (UK) Eric Foster 4,451 62.8 Labour Party (UK) Joan Case 4,135 58.3 Labour Party (UK) T. Harby 3,991 56.3 Independent (politician) E. Walker 3,330 47.0 Conservative Party (UK) B. Marshall 1,914 27.0 Conservative Party (UK) P. Le Bosquet 1,743 24.6 Conservative Party (UK) S. Freeman 1,701 24.0 7,088 30.0 23,640 Nottingham No. 11 (Wollaton) Nottingham No. 11 (Wollaton) Labour Party (UK) Bert Littlewood 3,505 71.1 Labour Party (UK) Michael Cowan 2,864 58.1 Conservative Party (UK) A. Ellis 1,833 37.2 Conservative Party (UK) B. Vinerd 1,653 33.5 4,927 31.9 15,444 Rushcliffe Basford No. 3 (East Leake & Gotham) Basford No. 3 (East Leake & Gotham) Conservative Party (UK) Ronald Strutt, 4th Baron Belper 1,821 43.5 Labour Party (UK) P. Jacques 1,540 36.8 Liberal Party (UK) J. Hamilton 827 19.7 4,188 60.1 6,974 Basford No. 5 (Ruddington) Basford No. 5 (Ruddington) Conservative Party (UK) Robert Dickson 2,278 68.2 Labour Party (UK) T. Bamfield 1,060 31.8 3,338 50.2 6,653 Bingham No. 1 (Bingham) Bingham No. 1 (Bingham) Conservative Party (UK) Gertrude Wade 2,629 71.4 Labour Party (UK) P. Thompson 1,055 28.6 3,684 52.0 7,082 Bingham No. 2 (Radcliffe) Bingham No. 2 (Radcliffe) Conservative Party (UK) Montague Appleby 1,926 64.1 Labour Party (UK) D. Butterworth 1,080 35.9 3,006 45.4 6,620 Bingham No. 3 (Cotgrave & Cropwell) Bingham No. 3 (Cotgrave & Cropwell) Labour Party (UK) Victor Lloyd 1,687 51.1 Conservative Party (UK) Anthony Shipstone 1,614 48.9 3,301 51.6 6,395 Bingham No. 4 (Keyworth) Bingham No. 4 (Keyworth) Conservative Party (UK) Stewart Pattinson 2,979 81.0 Labour Party (UK) E. Bullimore 697 19.0 3,676 48.4 7,588 West Bridgford North West Bridgford North Conservative Party (UK) Frank Worwood 1,542 67.4 Labour Party (UK) H. Robinson 747 32.6 2,289 39.7 5,770 West Bridgford South West Bridgford South Conservative Party (UK) Peter Wright 2,522 76.5 Labour Party (UK) L. Burch 776 23.5 3,298 47.1 6,999 West Bridgford West West Bridgford West Conservative Party (UK) Frank Whitson 2,826 75.5 Labour Party (UK) J. Dunford 917 24.5 3,743 38.8 9,635 References 1973 Category:1973 English local elections Category:1970s in Nottinghamshire